# clear_property() bug

Pavel Curtis (pavel@parc.xerox.com)
Thu, 8 Feb 1996 09:36:38 PST

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    Don Schwarz writes:
    > I've been asked to post about a bug in 1.8.0a6's clear_property built-in.

    I have to say, I kind of wish you'd sent this message a day earlier... :-)

    > Apparently, when clear_property() is used on a property that is defined on
    > the object, rather than being inherited from it's parents, the built-in
    > should return E_INVARG, but instead it returns an invalid variable type
    > which panics the server if you try to tostr() it.

    Yes, this is certainly a bug and the fix will be in beta2.  Until then, don't
    do that... :-)

    	Pavel